The Eagles chief was delighted to land the 23-year-old midfielder in a £4.5million deal.

Mutch is expected to go straight into the squad for the home Premier League clash against Everton on Saturday.

Pardew said: “He’s a young player with potential. It hasn’t quite worked out for him at QPR so we’ve given him an opportunity to come and play here.

“He’s got talent, he can score goals and hopefully in our environment he will have more success than he did at QPR.

“You need to score goals from all areas of the pitch in the Premier League. It’s an area where we can improve.”

Pardew ruled out using striker Fraizer Campbell as a makeweight in the Mutch deal and confirmed Shola Ameobi has penned a deal until the end of the season at Selhurst Park.

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“He’s got talent, he can score goals and hopefully in our environment he will have more success than he did at QPR”

Alan Pardew

Pardew, who worked with Ameobi at ex-club Newcastle, added: “Shola has signed today. He joins us and will bring a wealth of experience to a young group of strikers that I have.

“He’s played at the top level all of his life. That experience will be important in the run-in. I’m really pleased to have him, not just as a player but as a character and person around the training ground.”

Pardew, who has won his first four games in charge of Palace, is also hopeful of snapping up Lille left-back Pape Souare before the weekend.

He said: “The process is way down the line but the player isn’t in the country. His game (at the African Nations Cup) only finished 24 hours ago so he is travelling back.

“He will come straight for a medical, hopefully today if we get the hospital to scan him, and once he passes that then he will be signing.

“That will be it for us once those three players are concluded. I’m really pleased with the signings and that the board have backed me. I’m hoping the players will get us to where we want to be at the end of the season.”